topic Why can't I edit a Story Map created by someone else in ArcGIS Online? in ArcGIS Online Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/why-can-t-i-edit-a-story-map-created-by-someone/m-p/215629#M10573 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently started at a new organization, for some reason the person in my position previously found it necessary to outsource the creation of Story Maps. That being said, a Story Map was created, it is working but it has typos that I need to fix BUT I CAN'T!&nbsp;</P><P>I'm logged in as the Administrator to my ArcGIS Online Organization account. I have changed the "owner" to myself (did this as a test but it didn't help anything). Normally when you go to an application in AGOL you see the "Edit Application" on the right hand side (See #1 below):</P><P></P><P>But I don't have that option for the Story map I'm trying to edit (See #2 below):</P><P></P><P>What am I missing? I have so much to do here and I can't believe I can't figure out how to make a simple change to fix a typo. I tried using the ArcGIS Online Assistant but all I can see is the JSON for the Item Description. I can't see anything else. And at the bottom it gives me an option to "Download" the story map but when I try to do that (not sure how I would get it back on the server though) nothing happens. A new window opens but nothing downloads. I'm totally lost. Can anyone offer a suggestion?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:17:45 GMT NatalieBuchwald 2017-10-06T17:17:45Z Why can't I edit a Story Map created by someone else in ArcGIS Online? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/why-can-t-i-edit-a-story-map-created-by-someone/m-p/215629#M10573 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I recently started at a new organization, for some reason the person in my position previously found it necessary to outsource the creation of Story Maps. That being said, a Story Map was created, it is working but it has typos that I need to fix BUT I CAN'T!&nbsp;</P><P>I'm logged in as the Administrator to my ArcGIS Online Organization account. I have changed the "owner" to myself (did this as a test but it didn't help anything). Normally when you go to an application in AGOL you see the "Edit Application" on the right hand side (See #1 below):</P><P></P><P>But I don't have that option for the Story map I'm trying to edit (See #2 below):</P><P></P><P>What am I missing? I have so much to do here and I can't believe I can't figure out how to make a simple change to fix a typo. I tried using the ArcGIS Online Assistant but all I can see is the JSON for the Item Description. I can't see anything else. And at the bottom it gives me an option to "Download" the story map but when I try to do that (not sure how I would get it back on the server though) nothing happens. A new window opens but nothing downloads. I'm totally lost. Can anyone offer a suggestion?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:17:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/why-can-t-i-edit-a-story-map-created-by-someone/m-p/215629#M10573 NatalieBuchwald 2017-10-06T17:17:45Z Re: Why can't I edit a Story Map created by someone else in ArcGIS Online? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/why-can-t-i-edit-a-story-map-created-by-someone/m-p/215630#M10574 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Natalie,&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>The storymaps looks to have been created in 2014 so might not use updated functionality for story map editing.</P><P>Something to try is to open the URL and then add <STRONG>&amp;edit</STRONG> to the end of the URL to see if that launches the builder for you.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Another thing to check is if the story map was built in ArcGIS Online in the first place - what does the URL of the story map look like? Does it reference your ArcGIS Online organisational URL?</P><P></P><P>Carmel</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:57:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/why-can-t-i-edit-a-story-map-created-by-someone/m-p/215630#M10574 CarmelConnolly 2017-10-09T12:57:18Z